[nukkad] Urgent & Important

[Shaurya <>]

Hello Nukkad,

I personally know the below mentioned organization, and have done
volunteering work with the same for a month during my summer vacations when
in class XI. I send this email in the hope that at least a few of you can
help.

Please note that TODAY is the last day for any contributions that you might
want to make towards this noble cause. Here is a link of the organisation's
website: www.sevamandir.com

Here's the email I received:

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Dear Shaurya,

I'm writing this mail to you because I don't have your mother's mail id but
also because maybe you could also help. Your support could help Seva Mandir
win *$50,000* for its work on education with tribal children.



We recently signed in to participate in *America's Giving Challenge* - a
fundraiser organized by Case Foundation & Parade Magazine and hosted by the
Global Giving people. The challenge is being anchored by Poonam Abbi in
America who used to work with Seva Mandir. They are *awarding $50,000* to 4
international charities whose supporters attract the most "unique" donors to
their cause.  The award is to inspire people to give – (*any one in the
world can give*) and we need about 300 more 'donors' to win this award. The
minimum* donation is $10* and it is an online charity portal so you need to*
*use your credit card*.* *Please note that the award will be determined by
the number of people who donate and not by the amount donated*. *The
challenge ends** on Jan 31, 2008. *

* *

*You can help us by (a) giving yourself and (b) by asking as many of your
friends and family to give as possible. *

 
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Please use this link also to see our exact ranking today and how much more
do we need to do to win. *You can give by using this link, and by clicking
on the Seva Mandir row*. We are currently at place 3. *Please give NOW,
since TODAY is the last day, and it doesnt take long for us to slip in the
rankings.
*



http://givingchallenge.globalgiving.com/dy/amgive/leaderboard/ag.html?rf=agc11+_080115
.



*Alternately, you could go directly to the giving page by using this link. *



http://givingchallenge.globalgiving.com/dy/registry/ag.html?regid=720&cmd=prevfund

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Time is now of critical essence. It will really help our work if we can win
this amount. For each person, it is only $10, but all of us together could
get another $50,000.



So Shaurya, although we have very little time left, but you have to help us
now. First of all, share this mail with your Dad and mother. Just send it to
them and then, just see if you can persuade anyone else to give. First visit
the site yourself so that you know what it is about. People will be
concerned about giving their Credit Card details on the net, so please share
the following with them:

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*Global Giving* is among the top 10 Online Fundraising Charities in America.
I personally know the founders of Global Giving … they were on senior
positions in the World Bank, before they set up this online giving
organisation. I have visited their office also, in Washington. Their
personal and organisational standing is impeccable. Four of our projects are
listed on their site, and we regularly receive money through them. This
Challenge is a new competition that they are doing, for the first time.



It is a secure and credible site. Here's the link referencing Global Giving
in Bill Clinton's book (from his site) -
http://giving.clintonfoundation.org/node/65 . Nachiket More, President of
the ICICI Foundation and Mr Chris Wiscarson, Director of Lloyds Bank in
London, have both donated on this portal and will confirm that the site is
fully secure.



I am also sharing some information from the Global Giving website:
www.globalgiving.com/faq.html



"1.3 How do I know my donation is secure?

All credit card donations are collected through VeriSign, a secure third
party whom we hire for this purpose, or PayPal, also a highly secure
third-party payment system. Because all transactions go through third
parties, GlobalGiving does not receive or retain credit card numbers.
Further, we will never release your personal information to any outside
party unless authorized to do so."

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So, this is a long mail but I hope you will be able to draw the attention of
some people to this cause.

Thank you very much and lots and lots of love,

Neelima





*Neelima Khetan
Chief Executive
Seva Mandir
Fatehpura, Udaipur-313004
India*

*website  :   www.sevamandir.org*

*phone    :   +91 294 2450583*

*fax         :   +91 294 2450947*

*cell         :   +91 94141 56960*


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Best Regards,
Shaurya


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